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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GHAN

From the number of Afghan camelmen at the Oodnadatta railhead.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GHAN

Ghan  [ɡæn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GHAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ghan is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GHAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ghan

The Ghan

The Ghan is a passenger train between Adelaide, Alice Springs, and Darwin on the Adelaide–Darwin railway in Australia. Operated by Great Southern Rail, it takes 54 hours to travel the 2,979 kilometres with a four-hour stopover in Alice Springs.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GHAN

Ghana
Ghanaian
Ghanian
gharial
gharri
gharry
ghast
ghastful
ghastfully
ghastlier
ghastliest
ghastliness
ghastly
ghastness
ghat
Ghats
ghaut
ghazal
Ghazali

WORDS THAT END LIKE GHAN

adhan
afghan
Callaghan
darshan
Elizabethan
Foshan
Jonathan
khan
leviathan
lohan
Morbihan
Nathan
nothing less than
orphan
other than
Rajasthan
Shan
than
Vaughan
Wuhan

Synonyms and antonyms of Ghan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Ghan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GHAN

Find out the translation of Ghan to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Ghan from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Ghan» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

汗号
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Ghan
570 millions of speakers

English

Ghan
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ghan
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

غان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Ghan
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Ghan
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Ghan
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Ghan
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ghan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ghan
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ザ·ガン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

더 간
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ghan
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Ghan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Ghan
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ghan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Ghan
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ghan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Ghan
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Ghan
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Ghan
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

VOORWERP
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Ghan
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Ghan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Ghan

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GHAN»

The term «Ghan» is regularly used and occupies the 79.506 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GHAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Ghan» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Ghan» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Ghan

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GHAN»

Discover the use of Ghan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Ghan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Half Ghan
Based on real events "half Ghan" is the adventure story of a disadvantaged, half-caste, Australian Aboriginal boy who overcame the racism and bigotry of the time and grew up to be the soldier who played a pivotal role for the United States ...
Luigi Kleinsasser, 2012
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The Ghan: Australia's Grand Rail Journey
Welcome aboard one of THE great train journeys of the world.
Ian Grady, 2007
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Transcontinental Train Odyssey: The Ghan, The Khyber, The Globe
'This book is both highly educational and a damn good read.
Tim Fischer, 2004
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The Ghan: The Story of the Alice Springs Railway
The story of the construction of the legendary railway known as the Ghan, which runs from Port Augusta to Alice Springs and was completed in 1929.
Basil Fuller, 2012
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Sitar and Sarod in the 18th and 19th Centuries
Karam Imam gives us eleven sargams: (1) ghan nan ghan nan (2) ghan ghan jhanan (3) ghan nana ghan nana (4) ghan ghan ghanSn ghan ghan ghanan (5) ghan gha nan ghan ghan gha nan ghan (6) ghan gan gha nan ghan gan gha nan ...
Allyn Miner, 1997
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Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini
Pāṇini. 3.3.77 murt-au ghana-h I [The kft 1.93 affix 1.1 aP 57 is introduced after 1.2 the verbal stem han- 76] and the substitute ghan-a- replaces the (whole 1.1. 55) verbal stem [to form an action noun 18] to denote a solid mass (murt-au).
Pāṇini, 1987
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Quest for Genesis: A Journey of Discovery
Discover the power within you to change your world
David Gau-Ghan, 2000
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Tourism, Power And Space
The most memorable feature of the Ghan (prior to 1980) was its frequent failure to run on time. It was known as the slowest train in the world, and as Downes and Daum (1996: 7) reflect, 'the timetable was a matter more of hope than of fact'.
Andrew Church, Tim Coles, 2007
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Agama Aura Tripitaka: Eka Anusilana
... time one word and taking up another); (4) Jata Path (A particular manner of reciting Vedic texts), and (5) Ghan-Path (A particular manner of reciting Vedic texts). Sariihita Path:vHecital of Ved Mantras in their original form as arranged therein, ...
Nagraj (Muni.), Bhūpendra Swarup Jain, Raghunātha Śarmā, 2003
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Muhla, the Fair One
When Muhla and Lungile, two African sisters, are left home alone, Lungile disobeys her parents' orders and opens the big pot which releases an evil spirited monster who exchanges characteristics with Muhla who must endure this ...
Linda Ghan, Élise Benoît, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GHAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Ghan is used in the context of the following news items.
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Carrol Edward Kline
He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Hagerstown; Funkstown American Legion; Ali Ghan Shrine of Cumberland; Hagerstown ... «Shepherdstown Chronicle, Jul 15»
2
FFO Home to move headquarters, 64 jobs to Fort Smith
Allen thanked the Arkansas Economic Development Commission and Bob Cooper with R.H. Ghan & Cooper Commercial Properties for their ... «The City Wire, Jul 15»
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All aboard Australia's Ghan
It was more than 30 years after the first man landed on the Moon that The Ghan railway was completed in the form we know it today. Australia's ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Great railway journeys around the world
Or views of Australia's Red Centre from The Ghan, Art Deco glamour aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, or a journey through two ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
5
Anyone Can Outback
Called the Ghan, the railroad suffered multiple washouts over the years until the Aussies got tired of rebuilding the thing and moved the tracks ... «Four Wheeler Network, Jul 15»
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Plans for Small Shopping Center on Fayetteville's MLK Taking Shape
Rodney Ghan and Bob Cooper of R.H. Ghan & Cooper Commercial Properties of Fort Smith have bought a lot on West Martin Luther King ... «Arkansas Business Online, Jul 15»
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Australia: Ride the desert train
The tour is one of our stops on the 3000km journey on the Ghan train from Darwin to Adelaide. Operated by Great Southern Rail, the train is ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
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Jewellery recovered
The vehicle had an English registration plate. The day before, a Toyota Avensis, with a 01-registration was taken from a car park at Ghan Road, ... «The Argus, Jul 15»
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Which is the best beach in the Caribbean?
It could also be used for trips farther afield: on the exotic Eastern and Oriental Express in Asia, or the Ghan from Darwin to Adelaide in Australia. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Death notices for July 2
Ghan, James R. "Jim," 88, Buchanan Funeral Home. NIXA. Wolf, Erhard, 86, see obituary. REPUBLIC. Brown, Reathel, 88, Meadors Funeral ... «Springfield News-Leader, Jul 15»

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